| Backyard Baseball | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Backyard_Baseball_cover.png) Cover art as taken from the game's AutoRun menu. Depicted are four of the game's "Backyard Kids"; clockwise from center: Pablo Sanchez, Maria Luna, Pete Wheeler, and Stephanie Morgan. | |
| Developer(s) | Humongous Entertainment (original) Mega Cat Studios (remaster) |
| Publisher(s) | Humongous Entertainment (original) Playground Productions (remaster) |
| Series | Backyard Baseball Backyard Sports |
| Engine | SCUMM |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Classic Mac OS |
| Release | Original (Windows, Classic Mac OS)
'97 remaster (Windows)
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| Genre(s) | Sports video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Backyard Baseball is a baseball video game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. It is the first video game released for the Backyard Sports franchise (originally known as the Junior Sports series)[2] and the long-running Backyard Baseball series. The game was released on a hybrid Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM on October 10, 1997.
The game was remastered in 2024 as Backyard Baseball '97. The remaster was released for Windows via Steam on October 10, 2024, exactly 27 years after the original's release.[3]
- ^ Uppendahl, John; Salvadore, Mike (1997-09-09). "Humongous Entertainment Creates a League of its Own: The World's First CD-ROM Baseball Game Designed for and Starring Kids! Backyard Baseball Slides Into Stores at World Series Time, Making Baseball a Year-Round Sport" (Press release). Woodinville, WA: Humongous Entertainment. Archived from the original on 1998-05-25. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "Junior Sports". Humongous Entertainment. Archived from the original on 1998-02-10. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ Silberling, Amanda (2024-09-25). "Backyard Baseball '97 is back, with a re-release coming soon on Steam". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-09-25.